Quarry Splash Park

I surprised the kids after a doctor's apt and took them this new Quarry Splash Park.  It was so much fun.  Some of the pictures will really make you laugh by their faces and what they're experiencing.

My cuttie-patutty

Alex and Tony each have a water gun and are trying to get each other.

Water Slide.

Just a lovely picture...isn't it ;-)

Alex really isn't this skinny.

"The" waterfall.  It was so strong that it took the boys shorts off their bottoms.

My first!

I finally got "A Zucchini" to grow.  It's the one on the left.  The one on the right is store bought.  Yay!!

Splash Pad

I surprised the kids after a morning of errands to have lunch at a splash pad.  It was fun.

Water Ballooning

Baseball Park Playground

After leaving one park and on our way home, I spotted another cool looking park so of course we had to stop and try it out.  It was cool.  They got to play on things they never have before at other parks.

Balancing on semi-swinging rings.

I called this the Lava Rock Bridge. They moved making it a little bit harder.

Spider Web Trap.

I just made these names up for them to make it a little bit more exciting.

Austin's Symphony for Children

Once a week for 2 months the Austin's Symphony is conducting an event for the summer with music, storytelling, performances, face painting, working with clay, jugglers and crafts.  We came at the end of the event so next week we will get to experience more and have more pictures.

 Doodle Bug and Alex.

He got his face painted with batman.

After the event was over we went down behind the buildings to where we found a creek.  The kids got to explore and picnic there.

Being Patient

We are just waiting for the boys to finish their swim lessons. 

Hers are on Saturday mornings with me.

Paloma Lake

We visited this park/lake again.  The last time was about a year ago.  It still brings back memories of CO.  It's so serene, quiet and calm.

Mark's giving a lesson about snakes since we are out in the country.

Having a picnic before we play.

This area has a fish camp, dock and area to fish, playground/playscape, pool/splash pad and running/walking trails all around.  We really love it hear. Oh yeah, there is country all around us.  So when we are playing or down by the lake, we can see over 50 cattle grazing in the pasture or drinking water.  Love it!!

I was trying to get Alex to climb.  The view was great up there!

LOL, I jumped on to ride the horse.  Tony liked it at first but then got scared.  We went pretty far backwards.  I had to guard his head so it won't hit the horse and knock him out.

Beautiful clouds that day. 

Racing back to the playground.

Today I took that kids back to the fish camp and playground to do a little schoolwork & play soccer.

I really love the environment that this place is surrounded by.

Laser Tag

For Stephanie's birthday, a few couples/friends got together at a local event center to play some games.  The first game was laser tag, rock climbing and bowling.  We only got to stay for the tag before we had to pick the kids up from the Y.